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Downeast Maine Pumpkin Bread
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Laurie Bennett
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"This is a great old Maine recipe, moist and spicy. The bread actually tastes even better the day after it is baked. Great for holiday gift giving!"
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PREP TIME
15 Min
COOK TIME
50 Min
READY IN
1 Hr 5 Min
Original recipe yield 3 - 7x3 inch loaf pans
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1 (15 ounce) can pumpkin puree
4 eggs
1 cup vegetable oil
2/3 cup water
3 cups white sugar
3 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
2 teaspoons baking soda
1 1/2 teaspoons salt
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1 teaspoon ground nutmeg
1/2 teaspoon ground cloves
1/4 teaspoon ground ginger
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DIRECTIONS
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour three 7x3 inch loaf pans.
In a large bowl, mix together pumpkin puree, eggs, oil, water and sugar until well blended. In a separate bowl, whisk together the flour, baking soda, salt, cinnamon, nutmeg, cloves and ginger. Stir the dry ingredients into the pumpkin mixture until just blended. Pour into the prepared pans.
Bake for about 50 minutes in the preheated oven. Loaves are done when toothpick inserted in center comes out clean.
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Reviewed on Dec. 24, 2003 by KENNA1
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Dec. 24, 2003
I cannot believe how delicious this recipe was! I have never tasted such a rich, soft and filled with flavor, pumpkin bread in my life! Since I am not "suzie homemaker" this has been the only time I could play with food! I grabbed everyone's hints and here's what I did: 1/2 cup butter; 1/4 cup oil; 1/4 c. applesauce and 1 c. brown sugar with 2 cups of white sugar. Then while it was hot, I poked holes in the bread (cooked in a tube pan) and drizzled the cinnamon, sugar and butter combo over the holes. This is dangerous! It is so yummy, I froze sections of it right away so I wouldn't overdue the eating part.
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I cannot believe how delicious this recipe was! I have never tasted such a rich, soft and...
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Reviewed on Oct. 15, 2003 by MOM2SIXGREATKIDS
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MOM2SIXGREATKIDS
Oct. 15, 2003
Out of this recipe, I ended up making a dozen Pumpkin muffins and a Pumpkin loaf as well. It is simply scrumptious!! I read all the reviews and took all the suggestions that were offered that were similar. Below is how I ended up re-writing the recipe - it turned out moist, spicy, and DELICIOUS!! My family has already asked me to make this at Christmas!! 15 Oz Can Pumpkin; 4 Eggs; 1/2 Cup Veg. Oil; 1/2 Cup Applesauce (I used sweetened); 2 Cups Sugar; 3 1/2 Cups Flour; 2 Tsp. Baking Soda; 1 1/2 Tsp Salt; 1 Tsp. Cinnamon; Splash of Vanilla; 1/4 Tsp Pumpkin Spice; 1 Cup Walnuts; 1/2 Cup Raisins; 1 Tsp Nutmeg; 1/2 Tsp Cloves; 1/4 Tsp Ground Ginger; Blended and cooked as described in original recipe.. Both placed in the oven at the same time, the Muffins were done in 40 minutes and Bread was done in 1 hr 10 minutes. While on Cooling rack, poked holes in top of muffins and bread, and poured seperate hot Cinnamon Sugar Butter combo over holes, allowing it to seep down inside. Yummmmmmmmy! Will make again and again! Thanks for all the tips everyone!
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Out of this recipe, I ended up making a dozen Pumpkin muffins and a Pumpkin loaf as well. It...
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Reviewed on Dec. 24, 2003 by PAKTKB
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PAKTKB
Dec. 24, 2003
Best pumpkin bread I ever had! Full of flavor and moist. Freezes well. I did, however alter it slightly. Reduced oil to 1/2 cup, adding 1/2 cup applesauce; reduced suger to 2 cups, added 1/2 cup raisens; increased ginger to 1/2 ts and added 1 cup chopped nuts.
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Best pumpkin bread I ever had! Full of flavor and moist. Freezes well. I did, however alter...
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Reviewed on Nov. 29, 2006 by BLUEEYEZ58
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BLUEEYEZ58
Nov. 29, 2006
The best pumpkin bread I've ever had by far. The only changes I made were to add a teaspoon of vanilla, and to use two 9X5 loaf pans. Baked them at 65 minutes and used the toothpick test. The first loaf was gone in less than a day! Froze the other loaf for future use. Thanks for the great recipe Laurie!
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The best pumpkin bread I've ever had by far. The only changes I made were to add a teaspoon of...
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Reviewed on Sep. 11, 2003 by MAGGIE MCGUIRE
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MAGGIE MCGUIRE
Sep. 11, 2003
Wow! Thanks Laurie. Teriffic recipe. My hubby and I are great fans of Starbucks Pumpkin Loaf. At $1.75 per slice, I'm thinking of all the money we can save. To make this recipe even more of a taste-alike, I added an additional 1/2teaspoon of ginger, 2/3 cup each of golden and dark raisins, then topped unbaked loaves with toasted walnut bits. My husband did a taste test between the Starbucks and this recipe with its adjustments and couldn't tell the slices apart! This is a definite keeper in my family!
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Wow! Thanks Laurie. Teriffic recipe. My hubby and I are great fans of Starbucks Pumpkin Loaf....
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Reviewed on Nov. 3, 2006 by
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donnalynns
Nov. 3, 2006
Excellent. I followed the ingredients and directions almost exactly. The only new things I did were add a teaspoon of vanilla and 1 1/2 teaspoons of pumkin pie spice(I did not have any cloves). I also used one cup of packed light brown sugar and two cups of regular sugar. I baked mine in one pyrex loaf pan(only one I have) and also made 12 muffins. The one cup of oil was not a problem for me at all, nothing came out greasy. I also sift all my dry ingredients together(not sugar). I will be making this again for Thanksgiving and Christmas. Update: 11/3/06- This was so yummy my husband actually asked for more the other day. This also freezes really well. I froze most of the 12 muffins I made and when defrosted, they were still really good.
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Excellent. I followed the ingredients and directions almost exactly. The only new things I...
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Reviewed on Nov. 26, 2007 by
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DAVIDRAYROB
Nov. 26, 2007
Absolutely perfect, light, moist pumpkin bread. Wouldn't change a thing. I'd give this bread 10 stars if I could.
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Absolutely perfect, light, moist pumpkin bread. Wouldn't change a thing. I'd give this bread...
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Reviewed on Nov. 4, 2006 by
Cindy T.
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Cindy T.
Nov. 4, 2006
This is the best recipe for Pumpkin Bread! I always make a double recipe to give as gifts. Buy the 29 oz. can and double all the other ingredients (using 2 bowls is easiest). I've tried it several different ways and this is my favorite: for a SINGLE recipe, use 2 c white sugar and 1 cup brown, 1/2 cup oil and 1 stick unsalted butter that has been melted and cooled. I tried it with vanilla extract but thought this made it too rich. Also, it will take more than an hour to cook. I rely on the toothpick test rather than time to determine doneness. But toward the end, watch it because the top will start to burn. Everyone loves this! Even my picky 1 year old gobbles it up!
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Reviewed on Dec. 10, 2002 by EBELLINE
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EBELLINE
Dec. 10, 2002
1 c. brown sugar 1 c. white sugar 3/4 c. oil 1 c. dried cranberries OH MY GOD, THIS IS SOO GOOD!
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1 c. brown sugar 1 c. white sugar 3/4 c. oil 1 c. dried cranberries OH MY GOD, THIS IS SOO GOOD!
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Reviewed on Sep. 11, 2003 by ALETA14
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ALETA14
Sep. 11, 2003
Being from Maine, I had really high expectations ;-) but this was well worth the time. It has a very mild flavour and was easy to make. I cut the recipe in half and used one larger loaf pan instead of three. It baked a little longer than told (an hour 10 minutes), but this may just be my oven. Thanks so much for sharing!
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